ringo writes:
How many times was it tried, to get a reliable "always"? And why?
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19 century Californians staged well-documented animal fights, including those between lions and bears. The result: while lions would bravely charge at grizzlies, bears would smack them to their death using giant paws as a 200 pound club. In fairness, lions weigh a lot less than bears, but so do tigers.
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While these ancient ancestors of bears and lions were pretty evenly matched, subsequent evolution has made this fight decidedly more one-sided, perhaps in part because bears and lions no longer share a habitat as they did tens of thousands of years ago. Modern lion skulls are thin enough that one decent blow from a bear will crush it, killing the lion instantly. California settlers during the Gold Rush found this out the cruel way, as they organized fights between bears and various other animals as a rather sick way to pass the time, eventually shipping in African lions in a futile attempt to give the bears a challenge.
Can't find any links to historical documents (but I only spent 2 minutes), but it is an accepted part of history.
I'll see if I can find something better when I have more time later.
{abe:
Can't seem to find anything more than more of the same.
It is all just reports in newspapers, etc.
Not exactly perfect evidence, but I see little reason for them to lie about which animal won.}
Edited by Panda, : No reason given.
CRYSTALS!!